{"id":2305,"date":"2012-06-10T03:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2012-06-10T03:00:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T07:00:52","slug":"q-and-a-storing-dehydrated-foods-and-saving-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/06\/10\/q-and-a-storing-dehydrated-foods-and-saving-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: storing dehydrated foods and saving seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Storing dehydrated foods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I have many #10 cans of beans, rice, oatmeal, and many more of dehydrated foods. Will they survive storage in an unheated garage in Maine? (Yes, below zero in wintertime) I like to save other storage area&#8217;s for my canned goods, that I do myself, where the temperature is more conducive to canned foods.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bev Giroux<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oxford, Maine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Bev, your cans of dehydrated foods will be fine in your unheated garage. In fact, they&#8217;ll last longer frozen than in a warm room. Good thinking! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saving seeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve learned so much reading your blog and Backwoods Home articles. I save many heirloom seeds. I need to know how to save cucumber seeds. Do you wait until the cucumber is yellowish and huge? Or do I wait until the cucumber is dried? I love these cucumbers and really want to save the seeds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Shirley Toney<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Liberty, Mississippi<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re saving seeds. Isn&#8217;t it fun&#8230;and doesn&#8217;t it really make your garden cheaper to grow? Cukes are easy to save seeds from. Just wait until a couple of them are huge and yellow. Then the seeds are mature&#8230;sort of like melons. Just cut the cuke in half, lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Squish the seeds free from the flesh and lay them out on a piece of waxed paper or a waxed paper plate. The waxed surface is much easier to get the dried seeds off of rather than a piece of paper towel. Once the seeds are air-dried, remove them and store in an airtight container in a relatively cool, dark place. They will stay good for years. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storing dehydrated foods I have many #10 cans of beans, rice, oatmeal, and many more of dehydrated foods. Will they survive storage in an unheated garage in Maine? (Yes, below zero in wintertime) I like to save other storage area&#8217;s for my canned goods, that I do myself, where the temperature is more conducive to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}